The attorney for a mother charged with child cruelty in the dog mauling death of her 21-month-old daughter says the woman was studying in her bedroom when the girl was attacked.
Attorney Tom Edenfield said Wednesday the mauling was a "tragic accident." Authorities in southeast Georgia say the toddler slipped through a doggie door into the backyard last month and was attacked by her family's seven dogs.
The attorney says the child's mother, 18-year-old Summer Laminack of Ellabell, loved her daughter and is still suffering from the trauma of her death March 27.
Authorities say Monica Renee Laminack was killed by the seven pit bulls and pit bull mixes. Laminack was charged Tuesday with second-degree child cruelty, a felony punishable by one to 10 years in prison.
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